DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Course Units Prerequisite Semester/SY Instructor & Department Head Dean : : : : : : MECH 41-Fluid Mechanics 4 MECH 325-Strength of Materials First Semester, 1997-98 Engr. Tomas U. Ganiron Jr, RCE, RJr.GE Engr. Jose M. Segovia, MSEE

Course Description This course deals with properties of fluids; fluid static, hydrokinetics and hydrodynamics; ideal fluid flow for past external and internal boundaries; flow similitude.

Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to do the following: 1. Know the fundamental principles relating to fluids at rest or in motion they apply the engineering practice. 2. Understand the variation of hydrostatic pressure in a comprehensible fluid flow through the gates and dams. 3. Familiarize with the fluid mechanics and hydraulics equipment used in laboratory.
Course Distribution Week 1 2 TOPICS Orientation: Principle of Fluid Mechanics Familiarization of fluid Mechanics equipment and apparatus. 1. Fundamental Properties of FluidsFluid mechanics and Hydraulics, definition of fluids, system international (metric) units, Properties of water and other fluids. Experiment no. 1 Measurement of Specific weight and pressure intensity of water. 2. Principles of Hydrostatic pressureUnit pressure, direction of resultant pressure, Pascals Law free surface of a liquid, Atmospheric pressure, Vacuum absolute and gage pressure, variation with a depth in fluid, Pressure head Transmission of pressure, vapor pressure, Mercury barometer, manometer and piezometer. Experiment no. 2 Determination of specific gravity of liquid using U- tube Experiment no. 3 Pressure measurement using manometer/piezometer. 3. Hydrostatic pressure on surfacesTotal on plane surface, center pressure on surfaces, Semi graphic method of location of center of pressure, position of center pressure with respect to center of gravity, horizontal and vertical components of total hydrostatic pressure, on any surface. Experiment no. 4a Fall Velocity of Sphere Experiment no. 4b Falling Sphere Viscosity Prelim Examination 4. Hoop tension in circular pipes and tanks Experiment no. 5a Hydrostatic force on Plane Surface Experiment no. 5b Determination of Center Pressure 5. Dams Experiment no. 9 Gravity Dams 6. Principles of Archimedes Experiment no. 6 Buoyancy force (Archimedes Principle) 7. Statically stability of floating bodies 8. Determination of Metacentric height and righting moment.

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Experiment no. 7 Metacentric Height Midterm Examination 9. Relative Equilibrium of liquidDefinition of relative equilibrium vessel moving with constant linear acceleration, vessel routing about vertical axis. Experiment no. 8 Rotation of liquid mass (rotating vessel) 10. Fundamentals of fluid flow Path lines and stream tubes, laminar turbulent discharge, steady flow, uniform flow, continuous flow, energy and head, kinetic energy in stream, with non-uniform distribution of velocity, power frictional loss, Bernoullis energy Venturimeter, Nozzle, pitot tube. Experiment no. 10 Discharge Measurement Using Volumetric Tank Experiment no. 11 An Experiment on the pressure head Apparatus Final Examination

Textbook Principles of Fluid Mechanics by Andres Alexandrou, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Manual-Tomas Ganiron Jr
References

Hydraulics by: king, Wisler etc. Schaums outline seriestheory and problems of fluid mechanics and hydraulics 93rd Ed. By: Giles

Grades Distribution Components Laboratory Reports Assignments Attendance Prelim Exam Midterm Exam Final Exam Total % Distribution 14 4 2 15 15 50 100